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September 29, 2025

16 early-stage Scottish startups to watch

Healthtech and AI dominate CodeBase’s latest Techscaler Ones to Watch list


Tim Smith

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The UK is Europe’s leading country for investment into startups, responsible for more VC equity fundraising in 2024 than second and third place France and Germany combined. While many assume that all of that activity is happening in London, companies in Oxford, Cambridge and Scotland are beginning to play a bigger role in the country’s growth. 

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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